NYC Archdiocese Reaches $800M Deal On Abuse Claims

By Rick Archer

The Archdiocese of New York has reached an $800 million settlement to resolve about 1,200 outstanding claims of child sexual abuse.

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Meta Docs Reveal Plan To Discredit Teen-Harm Critic Haidt

By Dorothy Atkins

Meta internally set a goal to "get the academic community to disavow" and "turn against" professor Jonathan Haidt, who has linked social media use to mental health decline, as it in-house rebuffed internal efforts to study social media's impact on teen health, according to recently unredacted documents filed publicly Friday.

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Morgan & Morgan Can't Pursue Ad Ban Suit, Fla. Bar Says

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Bar has pushed back against Morgan & Morgan PA's lawsuit alleging that a rule banning the use of a celebrity's voice or image in lawyer advertising violates the First Amendment, arguing that the personal injury giant lacks standing to bring the case.

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Buzbee Fights $2.5M Fee Bids In Dismissed Conspiracy Suits

By Lynn LaRowe

Prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has urged a Texas state court to reject what he called the "incredible sum" of roughly $2.5 million in combined attorney fees sought by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Mississippi lawyer after defeating claims that they conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against Buzbee and two of his former clients.

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Pomerantz Attys Accused Of Overbilling For Hawaii Utility Suit

By Gautama Mehta

A California federal judge approved a $47.7 million settlement between Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. and its investors, but reduced the attorney fees by nearly $5 million, saying the investors' counsel had "wildly overinflated" their hours billed on the case.

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Conn. Residents Settle PFAS Suit Against Kimberly-Clark

By Mike Curley

A group of New Milford, Connecticut, residents has reached a settlement in their suit alleging that Kimberly-Clark Corp. contaminated their soil and water with forever chemicals.

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Detroit Sued For $10M Over Ex-Cop's Alleged Serial Rapes

By Melanie Dorsey

A woman who says a former Detroit police officer kidnapped and raped her at gunpoint in 2005 has filed a proposed class action seeking more than $10 million from the city, alleging officials ignored warnings about the officer and allowed nearly 12,000 sexual assault evidence kits to go untested, concealing his identity for two decades.

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Feds Say 75% Of Camp Lejeune Claims Lack Support

By Emily Field

The federal government on Friday asked the North Carolina federal court overseeing the litigation over toxic water on the Camp Lejeune military base to require claimants to submit backup for their claims, saying more than three-quarters have failed to submit sufficient documentation for their claims in the past four years.

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Mich. Appeals Court Revives School Bus Injury Suit

By Susan Smiley

A jury must decide whether a Michigan school bus driver or a 7-year-old child riding a bike bore more responsibility for the collision that injured the child, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Friday, reversing a trial court's granting of summary disposition to the driver and school district.

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Heitman Settles Suit Over Ex-Worker's $1.4M Plan Payout

By Kellie Mejdrich

Real estate investment firm Heitman and the estate of a former employee who died have agreed to settle a $1.4 million benefits dispute over the proceeds of her retirement account, the parties told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday.

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Pa. Court Affirms $9.5M Verdict Over Botched Vasectomy

By Y. Peter Kang

A Pennsylvania appellate panel Monday affirmed a $9.5 million verdict in a suit accusing a doctor of botching a man's vasectomy that caused the loss of a testicle, saying the verdict was supported by sufficient evidence.

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Mich. Panel Backs $9.7M Negligence Verdict Against Hospital

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Michigan appeals court declined to upend a hospital's share of a $9.7 million jury verdict for administrative negligence in its care for a woman who died while receiving emergency treatment for complications following an abdominoplasty, or "tummy tuck" procedure.

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Boeing Door Plug Plaintiffs Say No Doubts On Defect, Notice

By Mike Curley

Passengers who were aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 when its door plug blew out are asking a Washington state court to grant summary judgment on the issues of product defect and The Boeing Co.'s notice of foreseeable risk, saying Boeing's own admissions remove any dispute about those issues.

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Wash. Foster Home Abuse Claims Not Covered, Insurer Says

By Hope Patti

A boys group home operator isn't entitled to coverage for claims stemming from abuse alleged by former residents of the Washington state facility, an insurer told a federal court, saying the facility is not listed under an endorsement that restricts bodily injury coverage to specific locations.

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2nd Circ. EFAA Ruling Shifts Employer Litigation Strategy

In Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law, the Second Circuit recently held that, under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, employers can't carve out nonharassment claims and send them to arbitration, which has implications for discovery, litigation costs and resolution strategy in EFAA-covered disputes, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.

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Fenwick & West To Match $235K Salary Scale For Associates

By Tracey Read

Fenwick & West LLP is reportedly the latest firm that will raise associate pay in the new year.

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Ex-Fla. Bar Prez Accused Of Botching $350M Estate Claim

By Carolina Bolado

The widow of a Miami real estate investor is suing a former president of the Florida Bar for malpractice, claiming his botched representation left her without a claim to her late husband's $350 million estate.

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3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In November

By Ryan Davis

A high-stakes case that will determine whether the U.S. government should face patent infringement claims over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines and Labcorp's appeal of a nine-figure patent verdict against it are among the arguments the Federal Circuit will hear in November.

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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional

By Rose Krebs

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.

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